Chris Bishop MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hutt South | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Trevor Mallard |
| Majority | 1,530 |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List | |
| In office 20 September 2014 –23 September 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1983 (age 35–36) Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jenna Raeburn |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Christopher "Chris" Bishop (born 1983) [1] is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party.
Bishop grew up in Lower Hutt and attended Eastern Hutt School primary, Hutt Intermediate School and Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt. [2]
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 2014 –2017 | 51st | List | 49 | National |
| 2017 –present | 52nd | Hutt South | 40 | National |
Bishop previously was a summer clerk at Russell McVeagh. [3]
Bishop has previously worked as a lobbyist for the tobacco company Philip Morris and as a staffer to Steven Joyce. [4]
He contested the Hutt South electorate at the 2014 election, where he placed second behind incumbent Labour MP Trevor Mallard but entered Parliament as a list MP for the 2014-2017 term. Redistribution of electorate boundaries prior to the election saw Hutt South lose the Labour-leaning suburb of Naenae for the National-leaning western hill suburbs, helping Bishop cut Mallard's majority from 4,825 to 709. [5]
Bishop was part of a cross-party group initiated by Jan Logie to look at and advocate for LGBTI rights. That group consisted of Catherine Delahunty (Green), Chris Bishop (National), David Seymour (Act), Denis O'Rouke (NZ First), Denise Roche (Green), James Shaw (Green), Jan Logie (Green), Kevin Hague (Green), Louisa Wall (Labour), Nanaia Mahuta (Labour), Paul Foster-Bell (National), and Trevor Mallard (Labour). [6]
In February 2018 it was disclosed that Bishop was using the social media platform Snapchat to communicate with his constituents including teenage girls. [7] [8]